Lisa Gardner Quotes - Page 2

Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.

Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?

Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.

God was in the details.

When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times.

When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was now a thousand pound gorilla.

You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.

I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.

My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.

I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.

It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott.

I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.

All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado.

When it comes to locations, I'm one of those crazy authors who has to see it, touch it, taste it, before I trust myself to recreate it for my readers. Having said that, visiting a locked-down pediatric psych ward was the most intimidating research I've ever done - and I've visited maximum security prisons, shooting galleries, bone collections, etc.

Whomever speaks first gives up some power.